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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

From: Association between novel arterial stiffness indices and risk factors of cardiovascular disease

No. of subjects

7248

 

Sex

  

  Male

4083

[56.3]

  Female

3165

[43.7]

Age (years)

45.5 ± 5.8

 

Height (cm)

165.1 ± 8.5

 

BMI (kg/m2)

23.8 ± 4.1

 

Abdominal circumference (cm)

82.7 ± 10.5

 

sBP (mmHg)

120.5 ± 15.8

 

dBP (mmHg)

77.5 ± 10.7

 

HR (/min)

66.1 ± 9.4

 

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

14.5 ± 1.8

 

Total protein (g/dL)

7.1 ± 0.4

 

Albumin (g/dL)

4.4 ± 0.2

 

eGFR (%)

76.6 ± 12.5

 

AST (IU/L)

21.8 ± 12.3

 

ALT (IU/L)

24.9 ± 20.0

 

FPG (mg/dL)

103.0 ± 20.6

 

HbA1c (NGSP, %)

5.5 ± 0.7

 

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

203.2 ± 34.2

 

LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

125.1 ± 33.6

 

HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

65.4 ± 17.8

 

Triglyceride (mg/dL)

117.3 ± 108.6

 

Hypertension

668

[9.2]

Diabetes mellitus

286

[3.9]

Dyslipidemia

393

[5.4]

Medications

  

  Antihypertension

634

[8.7]

  Antidiabetes

219

[3.0]

  Lipid-lowering

346

[4.7]

Family history of hypertension

2242

[30.9]

Current smoker

2531

[34.9]

API

25.1 ± 7.0

 

AVI

16.6 ± 5.4

 
  1. Data are means ± SD or n [%]. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, sBP systolic blood pressure, dBP diastolic BP, HR heart rate, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, FPG fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, LDL low density lipoprotein, HDL high density lipoprotein, SD standard deviation